Influence of scouting and development budget

Blakey · 07-29-2020, 01:30 PM

How much does throwing money at scouting or development influence a teams future? For a team I'm running my budget has been increased but I'm not convinced by this years FA class and have no reason to overspend on a fringe player to my current team. So I'm thinking of investing significantly more funds into scouting and development but is this likely to pay off or am I pouring money down the drain? Also is there a cut off beyond which the additional $ spent just won't pay back?

CBeisbol · 07-29-2020, 02:07 PM

To my knowledge, no one has ever posted this information to the boards

Likely, it's not like one dollar dollar to development = one more rating point.

Probabky more of a loaded die situation. One more dollar to development = one percent more chance of an increase in ratings.

Brad K · 07-30-2020, 02:35 AM

I assume development does nothing if I'm playing historical players and three year recalc. Also assume the same about minor league personnel's effect on young players.

Blakey · 07-30-2020, 09:58 AM

Thanks both. I ought to have been clearer and stated that this is using the current game OOTP 21 and not a historical league.

Brad K · 07-31-2020, 09:07 AM

Yea, the mode of play changes a lot of things. And I think most people, if its not blatantly stated in a post, consider the question in the context of their own mode of paly.

07-29-2020, 01:30 PM	#1
Blakey Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 23	Influence of scouting and development budget How much does throwing money at scouting or development influence a teams future? For a team I'm running my budget has been increased but I'm not convinced by this years FA class and have no reason to overspend on a fringe player to my current team. So I'm thinking of investing significantly more funds into scouting and development but is this likely to pay off or am I pouring money down the drain? Also is there a cut off beyond which the additional $ spent just won't pay back?

07-30-2020, 02:35 AM	#3
Brad K Banned Join Date: May 2016 Location: St Petersburg Florida USA Posts: 6,693 Infractions: 0/2 (4)	I assume development does nothing if I'm playing historical players and three year recalc. Also assume the same about minor league personnel's effect on young players. Last edited by Brad K; 07-30-2020 at 09:14 AM.

07-29-2020, 02:07 PM	#2
CBeisbol Banned Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Ban land in 3...2... Posts: 2,943	To my knowledge, no one has ever posted this information to the boards Likely, it's not like one dollar dollar to development = one more rating point. Probabky more of a loaded die situation. One more dollar to development = one percent more chance of an increase in ratings.

07-30-2020, 09:58 AM	#4
Blakey Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 23	Thanks both. I ought to have been clearer and stated that this is using the current game OOTP 21 and not a historical league.

07-31-2020, 09:07 AM	#5
Brad K Banned Join Date: May 2016 Location: St Petersburg Florida USA Posts: 6,693 Infractions: 0/2 (4)	Yea, the mode of play changes a lot of things. And I think most people, if its not blatantly stated in a post, consider the question in the context of their own mode of paly.